"I was telling him about my idea, him and his producing partner," Tarantino said on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

"His producing partner was getting really into the idea, but Luc was kind of, 'Meh, I dunno'. So I asked him, 'Why?' And he goes, 'Well, you're one of the few directors that I actually like to leave the house and go see your movies at the theatres. And now you're telling me I'm going to have to wait years to do that? I'm a little disappointed'.

"And you know, sons a bitches, they say something... and then you can't unhear it. And it was running around in my head. So I said, 'Let me try and turn this into a movie one more time'."

Tarantino has revealed plans to finish off the alternate history trilogy of Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained with Killer Crow, which will be set at the same time as the former movie.

Django Unchained opened on Christmas Day in the US, and will arrive in the UK on January 18. Watch a trailer for the film below: